Downtown Fort Lauderdale is mostly condos in ZIP 33301, split between Fort Lauderdale High and Stranahan High zones. Zillow: $863,144 in August 2026.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer, parcel points and facility points, Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundaries, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Broward County Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Downtown is the city’s center: high-rise condos, offices and courts on both banks of the New River, between Broward Boulevard and Davie Boulevard. In the city’s parcel data, about 1,740 of the roughly 2,450 parcels in the area are condominium units and 77 are single-family homes. The median year built across those parcels is 2004.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: Fort Lauderdale High north of the New River, Stranahan High south of it. Both earned an A in 2026. Check an address with the district’s Find My School tool.
  • Home value: $863,144 in ZIP 33301 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest I-95 exit: exit 27, Broward Boulevard, about 2.2 miles by road.

Part of our Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This page follows the area the city maps for the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Civic Association, about 271 acres. The association is on the city’s 2026 list of officially recognized neighborhood associations. Federal Highway (U.S. 1) runs along the east side, Broward Boulevard the north, Davie Boulevard the south, and Andrews Avenue and Southwest Second Avenue much of the west. The New River and the Riverwalk cut through the middle. City Hall, 100 N. Andrews Ave., is just north of the line.

ZIP codes: 33301 for 89% of parcels and 33316 for the rest.

Schools

How the area’s parcels fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education. The percentage after the grade is the share of possible points the school earned.

Level School Share of parcels 2026 grade
Elementary Walker Elementary, 1001 NW Fourth St. (report card) 55% B (57%)
Elementary Croissant Park Elementary, 1800 SW Fourth Ave. (report card) 45% A (62%)
Middle Sunrise Middle, 1750 NE 14th St. (report card) 55% A (66%)
Middle New River Middle, 3100 Riverland Road (report card) 45% B (61%)
High Fort Lauderdale High, 1600 NE Fourth Ave. (report card) 55% A (69%)
High Stranahan High, 1800 SW Fifth Place (report card) 45% A (65%)

The first school in each pair serves the part north of the river, the second the part south of it. Zones can change from year to year; confirm an address with the district’s Find My School tool. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33301 was $863,144 in August 2026, up 1.2% from $852,900 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price, and it covers the whole ZIP code, which also takes in Victoria Park, Rio Vista and the Las Olas isles. The citywide figure was $511,473, down 1.3% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s facility data:

  • Riverwalk Linear Park, along the New River from Southwest Fourth Avenue to Federal Highway, a public walkway along the river.
  • Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St., on the river.
  • Huizenga Plaza, 300 S. Andrews Ave., and Bubier Park, 330 S. Andrews Ave., by the river at the Andrews Avenue Bridge.
  • Smoker Park, 501 S. New River Drive, and Stranahan Landing Park, 499 S. Federal Highway, on the south bank.
  • Stranahan Park, 10 E. Broward Blvd., on the north edge.
  • The Main Library (Broward County Library), 100 S. Andrews Ave.

More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails.

Getting around

  • Interstate: I-95 exit 27, Broward Boulevard, about 2.2 miles by road from the middle of the area; exit 26, Davie Boulevard, about 2.7 miles.
  • City Hall: about 0.8 mile.
  • Airport: about 5.8 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
  • These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
  • Bus: Broward County Transit’s Broward Central Terminal is on the area’s north edge, on Broward Boulevard, and BCT’s bus stop data lists stops for 15 routes in the area, among them routes 1 and 10 on Broward Boulevard and U.S. 1, route 11 on Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue, and route 30 on Davie Boulevard. Times are in the RideBCT app or on BCT’s website.

More in our getting around guide and our Las Olas Boulevard guide.

Neighborhood association

The Downtown Fort Lauderdale Civic Association is on the city’s 2026 recognized list. The city’s list says its board meets by Zoom on the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., with membership meetings at least quarterly. The city describes neighborhood associations as groups “formed by residents and property owners” to advocate for or organize activities in their area; they are separate from the association of any condominium building. Ask for a building’s governing documents before you buy.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, inside the area or within half a mile:

  • Publix, Southeast Third Avenue
  • Publix, South Andrews Avenue
  • Whole Foods Market, Southeast 17th Street
  • The Fresh Market, North Federal Highway
  • CVS Pharmacy, North Federal Highway
  • Walgreens, South Federal Highway and West Broward Boulevard

How we drew this area

This page uses the polygon for the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Civic Association in the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer. Parcel counts, ZIP codes and school shares come from every parcel the city’s parcel data assigns to the association, matched to Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and park locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What high school is downtown Fort Lauderdale zoned for?

It is split. In Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary data, 55% of the parcels in the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Civic Association’s area, roughly the part north of the New River, are zoned for Fort Lauderdale High and 45%, to the south, for Stranahan High. Both earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades.

What ZIP code is downtown Fort Lauderdale?

Mostly 33301, which covers 89% of the parcels in the area; the rest are in 33316. Zillow put the typical home value in 33301 at $863,144 in August 2026.

Is downtown Fort Lauderdale a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Downtown is about 271 acres on both banks of the New River, where about 1,740 of some 2,450 parcels are condominium units. It has the Riverwalk, the Main Library and the Broward Central bus terminal, and Zillow put the typical value in 33301 at $863,144 in August 2026.

How far is downtown Fort Lauderdale from the airport?

About 5.8 miles by road from the middle of downtown to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, measured on the OpenStreetMap road network. That is a distance, not a drive time.